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A novel m.12908T>a mutation in the mitochondrial ND5 gene in patient with infantile-onset Pompe disease.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 7 Dec 2012
Chamkha Imen, Alila-Fersi Olfa, Mkaouar-Rebai Emna, Aloulou Hajer, Kifagi Chamseddine, Hachicha Mongia, Fakhfakh Faiza
Abstract excerpt
Pompe disease is a progressive metabolic myopathy caused by deficiency in lysosomal acid α-glucosidase and results in cellular lysosomal and cytoplasmic glycogen accumulation. A wide spectrum of clinical phenotypes exists from hypotonia and severe cardiac hypertrophy in the first few months of life to a milder form with the onset of symptoms in adulthood. The disease is typically due to severe mutations in GAA...
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